Law’s Avi Cover on Trump’s '51st state' comments, U.S.-Canada leverage

Carney under pressure at White House talks

BBC News: Avi Cover, professor of law and the director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center in the School of Law, said President Trump’s talk of making Canada the “51st state” is political posturing—not a serious proposal—but reveals how much leverage the U.S. holds as it pressures Canada on trade and defense issues.